Engineer Trainee

SALARY – $50,242.00 – $88,526.00 Annually

LOCATION – Logan County, WV

JOB TYPE – Full Time Permanent

JOB NUMBER – DEP2600128

DEPARTMENT – Environment – Environmental Protection

OPENING DATE – 02/21/2026

CLOSING DATE – 3/7/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

LOCATION OF VACANCY – BROOKE, CABELL, KANAWHA, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MASON, MINGO, PUTNAM, WAYNE, WYOMING

Nature of Work

DEP2600128 Engineer Trainee
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Mining and Reclamation; Operations/Permitting
Office location: 1101 George Kostas Dr, Logan, WV 25601
Please refer to DEP2600129; Engineer Associate, and DEP2600130; Engineer. One position will be filled with one of these titles.

We welcome you to join our team where we value work/life balance and diversity. We offer a great benefits package that includes 12 paid holidays, insurance and flexible benefits, ample annual and sick leave accrual, flexible work schedules, an Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Initiatives, an optional 457 defined contribution retirement savings plan and more.

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If you want to be a part of this innovative team, apply today.

Employee will be assigned to the Division of Mining and Reclamation’s Logan Permitting Section. Employee will perform professional engineering work, with the level depending on experience, providing a wide variety of engineering services.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• The review and supervision of all technical engineering aspects and processing of surface mining and underground mining applications to ensure that facilities are designed and operated in accordance with applicable state and federal surface mining guidelines, as well as sound engineering practices.
• Employee will review plans and designs for the construction of roads, dams and sediment structures and review engineering plans and applications to access environmental impact of proposed mining.
• Will compose reports detailing recommendations, conclusions and findings.
• Will conduct annual inspections of impoundments as required by the Dam Control Act.
• Employee will prepare a variety of reports and correspondence and updates computer data files on a regular basis.
• Will conduct field inspections which may require walking over rugged terrain and in inclement weather.
• Employee will attend meetings and hearings to observe or attest to the findings of environmental impact.
• Will attend state and national meetings and seminars to gain and share engineering knowledge.
• Employee may review lower level engineering work performed. May perform in a supervisory or lead worker role.
• Will perform other duties as required.

Notes:

• Regular attendance is an essential part of this position.
• Qualifying applicants will be required to complete an internet-based profile assessment to compare the applicant’s thinking and reasoning skills, behavioral traits and the occupational interests against the traits determined to be important to the posted position.
• All new employees that are involved with Specific DEP programs subject to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMRCA) of 1977 must file prior to final appointment and annually thereafter, a Statement of Employment and Financial Interest (OSM 23).
• The recommended candidate will be subject to a search of his or her Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) prior to being hired and annually thereafter or as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Training: Bachelor’s degree in any engineering curriculum.

AND

Satisfactory completion of the examination on the fundamentals of engineering (FE).

OR

Current certification in good standing as an Engineer Intern issued by the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

NOTE: At the appointing agency’s discretion, competitive candidates may receive probationary appointment pending official verification of the qualifying training, examination or certification. The qualifying training, examination or certification must be verified before the employee may be certified permanent.

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